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To get rid of this inconvenience, it occurred to Mr. 

 Archibald Read, gardener at Balcarras, to confine the 

 vines to the space immediately beneath each rafter ; 

 and in order to retain the same or any additional num- 

 ber of fruit-bearing shoots, he formed a kind of drop, 

 or hanging trellis, by wires fixed to each side of the 

 rafter, descending vertically, and attached to a slight 

 wooden frame of the same width as the rafter, fixed 

 from the front to the back wall, and depending from 

 two feet at the front of the house, to five feet at the 

 back part. Each rafter having such a frame, the 

 vines are trained on each side of them, by which con- 

 trivance a greater surface of fruitful vines is obtained, 

 and also a far greater share of light. 



Different modifications of this plan have been 

 adopted ; one of the simplest is, a single surface of 

 wires suspended by iron rods {a) The judicious gar- 



dener will adopt wires or wood, a double or single 

 trellis, and greater or less depth, as may best suit the 



